In line with the initiatives undertaken by all the Departments of the Provincial Command of Crotone, in recent days, in Torre Melissa, the Carabinieri of the local station have carried out intense information and prevention activities on the phenomenon of scams to the detriment of the most vulnerable peoplea type of crime that is increasingly widespread and current, which targets, in particular, the older population, leaving indelible marks on them both from a material and moral perspective.
In fact, scammers, taking advantage of the emotional sensitivity of the victims, pretend to be Carabinieri or, in any case, members of the Police Force, and, after having feared dangerous situations involving family members, they ask for the immediate donation of sums of money to resolve the problem. Once they have obtained what they requested, they then disappear without trace.
The Carabinieri, in order to reach the greatest number of potential victims through information and preventive activities, They put up posters and distributed leaflets in parishes, in some clinics and in the usual meeting places of the older sections of the populationremembering, in particular, that the Carabinieri do not ask for money under any circumstances, and to contact 112 NUE in any situation of doubt or potential risk.